Tag Archives: social media
Councillor Camp 2013
In a guest post FutureGov’s Jon Foster urges digitally minded councillors to get themselves along to Councillor Camp (which the LGiU is very pleased to be part of) – it will be fun, informative and it’s free!
Results of annual LGiU winter comms survey
Councillors, officers and members of the public took part in an informal poll over the last week in a bid to establish which digital communication channels are the most effective during special and specific situations e.g. school and road closures …
Take part in our annual winter comms survey
It’s November and the weather is miserable. Icy roads, closed schools and uncollected bins tend to dominate local government over the coming months. Residents will rush to council websites seeking to report problems and find information. Increasingly, there is an …
Pickles invites bloggers deeper into the Town Hall
Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities, seems to love transparency. Back in June 2010 he asked councils to publish all spending data over £500. His department matched it and just last week announced they were lowering …
Why social media will solve the problem of local voter apathy
As part of their Democracy Week, the Guardian’s Local Government Network asked me to write about how social media can and is impacting on local democracy. Below is a copy of their edited version. In this year’s local elections only …
Politics, technology and the media – they’re all pointing to the local
This blog was first published by the BBC’s College of Journalism. On May 24, I am due to speak at the College of Journalism’s Connecting Communitiesconference about how local councils and councillors have reacted to the emergence of community media. But …
C’llr Achievement Awards 2012: all winners
LGiU and CCLA are delighted to announce the winners of the C’llr Achievement Awards 2012. The Awards, hosted at Westminster City Council, have gone to the great and good of local government; those councillors who have gone the extra mile …
We should welcome the free-WiFi deal between O2 and Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea councils
This article was first published by the Guardian’s Local Government Network. There has been some quiet moaning about the news that O2 Telefonica has struck a deal with Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea councils to bring free Wi-Fi access to …
Learning and Development seminars in 2012
LGiU runs an extensive programme of informative, practical and very popular seminars for local government. The seminars cover a range of subjects and keep elected members and officers up to date with key developments. Below is a list of all the seminars we …
Local government must lead the drive to expand superfast broadband connectivity throughout the UK
This article was first published in the PPP Journal. Thanks to Chris Conder for some of the initial inspiration. Towards the end of last year, Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, launched Broadband Delivery UK …
